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La Vérendrye
[ French la vey-rahn-dree ]
noun
- Pierre Gaul·tier de Va·renne [pye, r, goh-, tyey, d, uh, v, a, -, ren], Sieur de, 1685–1749, Canadian explorer of North America.
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Hereabout the Sieur de la Verendrye had crossed on his own journey of exploration two generations earlier.
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I saw him as La Verendrye must have seen him—busy only at the divine business of being a giant.
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La Verendrye admired the military regularity of the savages on the march.
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La Verendrye was more eager to reach the Western Sea than he was to trade.
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In 1737 La Verendrye made once more the long journey to Montreal.
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